Olds News

Two public meetings on lane access for narrow residential lots went virtually unnoticed last Thursday, with only three attendees in the afternoon and none in the evening.

When I was a youngster, maybe five or six years old, my mom's first cousin Bobby Gimby visited our house on Viceroy Place in the northwest Calgary neighbourhood of Varsity Acres.

Town's ìVirtual City Hallî now active The Town of Olds has upgraded its online services, making it easier for residents to pay bills without a trip to town hall.

A dispute between a tenant and landlord regarding an Olds property continues.

When the Grade 12s walked across the stage last month at the high school graduation ceremonies, three students had an extra hook to hang their mortarboards on.

BOWDEN - Coun. Wayne Milaney estimates $150,000 could be spent to renovate and improve the Bowden Rest Stop and he says the town should ask the province for money to do so. Milaney made that suggestion during a town council meeting.

It was already an accomplishment when the four local women were successfully nominated for the 2017 Red Deer and District Community Foundation's Women of Excellence awards back in April. But the women of Olds did us one better ñ they all won.

It's not really a big secret: Nikki Cook loves soil. She doesn't deny it. ìI do love soil,î she said. ìEverybody thinks that soil is just black dirt. And that's it.î Spend 10 minutes with Cook, and you'll learn otherwise. Dirt is dead. Soil is alive.

If you miss Olds' annual Christmas village this time of year, a new public art project coming to Centennial Park might bring some comfort during those long, hot summer months.

A study to address long-standing problems with water loss says discrepancies between water bought by the town and the amount being billed to residents and businesses for what is used costs the town some $400,000 each year.